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obama pledged that the u.s. will be friends with any nation that respects its people rights and international law. >> the question now is how the u.s. can help burma become a modern democratic nation while ensuring that burmese leaders hold up their end of the bargain. president obama's historic visit in 2012 was a nudge in the right direction. >> today i say to you the united states of america is with you, including those who have been forgotten, those who are dispossessed, those who are ostracized, those who are poor. >> the obama administration came in and they did a study of six countries, of which burma was one, and they said, let's look at this. they said, okay, we will have a high-level dialogue. the result was the burmese government sent signals to the u.s. that they were interested. the u.s. sent signals back. we send signals, they send signals and we began to build this up and it reached a fruition, if you will, with hillary clinton, secretary of state's visit to burma in early december of 2011. >> the
obama pledged that the u.s. will be friends with any nation that respects its people rights and international law. >> the question now is how the u.s. can help burma become a modern democratic nation while ensuring that burmese leaders hold up their end of the bargain. president obama's historic visit in 2012 was a nudge in the right direction. >> today i say to you the united states of america is with you, including those who have been forgotten, those who are dispossessed, those...
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the concern president obama had lying weapons would in effect be involved in a proxy war supported by iran and russia. the other side of the debate is nothing else is working and we need to create pressure on assad and build relationship with people inside syria who might take over one day. another factor is there are rebels, al-qaeda affiliated rebels the united states and the west doesn't support. and i don't think it's in the west's interest to see them end up at the top of the heap. >> rose: and then we turn to the story of the chinese army spying on the american government and american companies with david sanger of the "new york times," dune lawrence and michael riley of bloomberghas been off to the side as something of an annoyance. i'm hearing this has gotten so big it's moving to the center of the relationship and it risks the rest of the relationship. i think the next thing you're going to see the president sending some kind of envoy to beijing to make that point. >> rose: the conflict in syria and spying on the united states by the chinese army when we continue. captioning
the concern president obama had lying weapons would in effect be involved in a proxy war supported by iran and russia. the other side of the debate is nothing else is working and we need to create pressure on assad and build relationship with people inside syria who might take over one day. another factor is there are rebels, al-qaeda affiliated rebels the united states and the west doesn't support. and i don't think it's in the west's interest to see them end up at the top of the heap....
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obama. michael moore began by responding to a question about how he got involved. >> i have been involved in this sort of thing for a very long time. in general, in terms of these issues, i was the chair of the american civil liberties union influence. i was 19 or 20 years old. what chris said in the last panel here about the corporate couldn't talk, something i've been talking or try to talk about for a couple of decades since roger and me, that something was afoot and we're going to have our democratic way absconded with. i agree with him that it has been successful. but i remain an optimist because i know history and i know coup d'etats the successful efforts were eventually overthrown. i want to use that word "overthrown" publicly tonight so this can be replayed at my trial. [applause] [phone rings] should we get that? who ordered the pizza? >> really, let's ignore it. >> i have had to deal with the issue of the police tried to suppress information or cause harm on any of those levels so
obama. michael moore began by responding to a question about how he got involved. >> i have been involved in this sort of thing for a very long time. in general, in terms of these issues, i was the chair of the american civil liberties union influence. i was 19 or 20 years old. what chris said in the last panel here about the corporate couldn't talk, something i've been talking or try to talk about for a couple of decades since roger and me, that something was afoot and we're going to...
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there was a -- >> on obama's mother. >> on obama's mother, which is very good. and those i've read. >> yeah. >> but then once i started my book i put them aside. i wanted ting into a book with no presupposition. so i read them and saw where they ould -- you know, looked for places they could take me in terms of research. but no other purpose. and actually, two of those books came out while i was doing my -- you know, they weren't really of any use in that sense either. i was already -- >> you're so far down the path at that point. did you get any feedback from the big guy on this book? >> that's clinton. clinton is the big guy. >> i'm ssrry. i thought he was the big dog. i thought -- i've got to get this exactly right. >> i wouldn't want direct feedback, but i know -- i mean, he knows that it's the real deal and he's told people to read it. >> so you're a washington post reporter for so many years. how does the association with the post when you're writing a book like this help or hurt or is it neutral? >> well, i have a racket going. i mean, i'm called an assoc
there was a -- >> on obama's mother. >> on obama's mother, which is very good. and those i've read. >> yeah. >> but then once i started my book i put them aside. i wanted ting into a book with no presupposition. so i read them and saw where they ould -- you know, looked for places they could take me in terms of research. but no other purpose. and actually, two of those books came out while i was doing my -- you know, they weren't really of any use in that sense either. i...
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he says he's going to talk to obama about the u.s.-led negotiations for the transpacific partnership. nations that joined the discussions for the free trade agreement are supposed to in principle eliminate all tariffs, but abe doesn't want to abide by the precondition. abe and obama are expected to share ideas on what to do about north korea. scientists in the country last week carried out their third nuclear test. they are agreed to push for a nuclear resolution imposing new sanctions on pyongyang. >>> government officials say the prime minister will tell the president that he will implement a bilateral security agreement dating back to 2006. that deal calls for the relocation of the u.s. marine corps put enma air station within the prefecture to a less populated area in the city of nago. >>> u.s. researchers say authorities in north korea may be ready to conduct another underground nuclear test. they have detected more activity at a facility in the country's northeast. a team from johns hopkins university released a report showing t
he says he's going to talk to obama about the u.s.-led negotiations for the transpacific partnership. nations that joined the discussions for the free trade agreement are supposed to in principle eliminate all tariffs, but abe doesn't want to abide by the precondition. abe and obama are expected to share ideas on what to do about north korea. scientists in the country last week carried out their third nuclear test. they are agreed to push for a nuclear resolution imposing new sanctions on...
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bush and now by barack obama? soon after he succeeded bush, president obama announced he would not permit torture and would close down the detention camp at guantanamo bay. he also said this -- >> our actions in defense of liberty will be just as our cause. and that we the people will uphold our fundamental values as vigilantly as we protect our security. once again america's moral example must be the bedrock and the beacon of our global leadership. >> four years later, guantanamo not only remains open, but a few days ago, the state department announced it was eliminating the office assigned to close the prison and move its detainees. meanwhile, president obama has stepped up the use of unmanned drones against suspected terrorists abroad. those drone attacks have killed a growing number of civilians and have prompted the united nations to launch an investigation into their legality and the deadly toll on innocent people. >> the central objective of the investigation i'm formally launching this morning is to look a
bush and now by barack obama? soon after he succeeded bush, president obama announced he would not permit torture and would close down the detention camp at guantanamo bay. he also said this -- >> our actions in defense of liberty will be just as our cause. and that we the people will uphold our fundamental values as vigilantly as we protect our security. once again america's moral example must be the bedrock and the beacon of our global leadership. >> four years later, guantanamo...
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the obama administration's legal rationale for assassinating u.s. citizens without charge has been revealed for the first time. a secret justice department document obtained by nbc news says the administration can target citizens who are "senior operational leaders of al qaeda or an associated force" even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the u.s. the documents describe is a white memo, provided to members of the senate intelligence and judiciary committee last year. its release follows failed civil liberty groups fighting legal justification for the targeting of an american. we will have more after headlines. and the report has revealed a detailed look at global involvement in the cia secret program of prisons, rendition and torture in the years after 9/11. the open society justice initiative says 54 countries aided the cia until president obama halted the program in 2009. the report also reveals that at least 136 people were held by the cia during those years -- the largest tally to date. the count
the obama administration's legal rationale for assassinating u.s. citizens without charge has been revealed for the first time. a secret justice department document obtained by nbc news says the administration can target citizens who are "senior operational leaders of al qaeda or an associated force" even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the u.s. the documents describe is a white memo, provided to members of the senate intelligence...
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and president obama has worked with president morsi ton. >> do we have less leverage, some people argue that one of the problems we face is we have less leverage with islamic governments. >> well, these governments it's more complex. the deal here of course iss that it's not about just having a relationship with the single person or a single group of people in a country within as we've had before with people who ruled by -- >> who ruled for decades and ruled in author tearian systems, that's changed. and so this is a new challenge, a first impression for the united states that the united states has to deal with islamic governments, right, who have been democratically elected and in countries where there are a multitude of stakeholders. and this is a new circumstances for the united statesment now the united states in north africa including in egypt but in north africa generally faces a security situation which is something, mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence community wrote a piece in plirtco today calling for a comprehensive strategy and he's right to deal with the cou
and president obama has worked with president morsi ton. >> do we have less leverage, some people argue that one of the problems we face is we have less leverage with islamic governments. >> well, these governments it's more complex. the deal here of course iss that it's not about just having a relationship with the single person or a single group of people in a country within as we've had before with people who ruled by -- >> who ruled for decades and ruled in author tearian...
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speakers included president obama's former green jobs adviser van jones. >> this is it. this is the last minute in the last quarter of the biggest bust important game humanity has ever played. this is it. one thing i know have been marked in this town, if you do not fight for what you want, you deserve what you get. if you tell fight for what you want, you deserve what you get. i have the honor of working for this president, and i want to direct my message to him. president obama, all the good that you have done, all the good you can imagine doing will be wiped out, wiped out by floods, by fires, by superstars if you fail to act now to deal with this crisis that is a gun pointed at the head of the future. everything you have done. history will judge you 20 years from now based on one decision alone. that decision is not in the hands of the congress. that decision is not in the hands of any governors. that decision is not in the hands of any mares or dogcatchers'. the decision is in your hands, mr. president, your hands. your hands. the decision to let this pipeline come
speakers included president obama's former green jobs adviser van jones. >> this is it. this is the last minute in the last quarter of the biggest bust important game humanity has ever played. this is it. one thing i know have been marked in this town, if you do not fight for what you want, you deserve what you get. if you tell fight for what you want, you deserve what you get. i have the honor of working for this president, and i want to direct my message to him. president obama, all the...
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your response to president obama? >> i agree that the unfinished task is to make sure that those who work hard and take care are the responsibilities can get ahead, but he has not, and neither has anyone in congress laid out how we will get there. the biggest problem facing the country is still and climate. too many people out of work into many underemployed. the president touched on something of the need to do. we need to increase infrastructure, invest in research and development, climate change, whether rising buildings from coast to coast. all those things cost money. he also said that nothing he is proposing will add even a dime to the budget deficit, so one part of the speech is fighting another, so i do not know how we make headway if we are not going to make investments in those things that will put people back to work. >> you pointed out a report that talks among the top 1% capturing 120% of all income gains between 2009 and 2011. to what extent do you think president obama's speech addressed this imbalance?
your response to president obama? >> i agree that the unfinished task is to make sure that those who work hard and take care are the responsibilities can get ahead, but he has not, and neither has anyone in congress laid out how we will get there. the biggest problem facing the country is still and climate. too many people out of work into many underemployed. the president touched on something of the need to do. we need to increase infrastructure, invest in research and development,...
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a chance to speak with president obama -- had he had a chance to speak with president obama? he made a very strong statement at the state of the union address. >> i have not spoken to him since his inaugural address. we are talking to white house officials. the clear message we want to deliver is the president has an enormous amount of executive authority, and we won his ambition to match the scale of this challenge. i agree with what bobby kennedy said yesterday, we believe the president has a solid moral core and we believe he is committed sincerely to fighting climate change. in that context, we cannot build a pipeline from the tar sands. you should not draw for oil in the arctic or build a liquefied natural gas export terminals that will make fracking happen everywhere across the country with even more intensity. so the challenge right now is to show the president that we have his back. every time he stands up to big polluters, we will defend his policies. at the same time, we will push the president as far as he needs to go. >> he did allude in his address to his ability
a chance to speak with president obama -- had he had a chance to speak with president obama? he made a very strong statement at the state of the union address. >> i have not spoken to him since his inaugural address. we are talking to white house officials. the clear message we want to deliver is the president has an enormous amount of executive authority, and we won his ambition to match the scale of this challenge. i agree with what bobby kennedy said yesterday, we believe the president...
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barack obama has got ownership. he doesn't seem to support the kind of cast he had four years ago. >> rose: mark halperin when you looked at the possibilities of dealing with republicans especially the sequester question, is there some sense that the administration kneeling confident has pulled it off? >> i'm more pessimistic about it than i've been since probably the president took office. these other issues -- >> rose: since he was re-elected. >> no, since he took office. put these other issues on the table. gun control and climate change. i don't think there's any chance of those move until and unless he gets a fiscal deal in part because the traffic won't bear other big big things. and also because i don't think you can get those things through without the kind of trust that will come from working the bipartisan if they k immigration has a chance i think to move on a separate track. it's clear the president's sick of these fiscal battles, it's pretty clear from the lines he's drawn that the gaps that have existe
barack obama has got ownership. he doesn't seem to support the kind of cast he had four years ago. >> rose: mark halperin when you looked at the possibilities of dealing with republicans especially the sequester question, is there some sense that the administration kneeling confident has pulled it off? >> i'm more pessimistic about it than i've been since probably the president took office. these other issues -- >> rose: since he was re-elected. >> no, since he took...
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obama? this is a hearing for the director of central intelligence, the barack obama has taken direct responsibility for running the kill list from the oval office. >> right to. we say this is a policy of the obama administration. the kill list happens in tuesday meetings at the white house. this is something we have to recognize is not coming from another political party, but coming from the democratic party with the complicity of the republicans. it is also the complicity of the entire senate intelligence committee that has allowed the cia to become a death squad, which is what it is today. we have been organizing, mobilizing, put out a letter by 100 religious leaders that was said to the white house, the intelligence committee members, organizing people within the military and getting letters from yemen and pakistan to say that these policies put us at risk, counterproductive. we even have someone like general mcchrystal saying, we don't understand the visceral hatred coming against the u.
obama? this is a hearing for the director of central intelligence, the barack obama has taken direct responsibility for running the kill list from the oval office. >> right to. we say this is a policy of the obama administration. the kill list happens in tuesday meetings at the white house. this is something we have to recognize is not coming from another political party, but coming from the democratic party with the complicity of the republicans. it is also the complicity of the entire...
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, and barack obama she was for it, he was against it. no one for decades suggested it was unconstitutional. that, you know -- you can debate whether it is a good idea or bad idea. whether a congressman should have voted for or against it. but whether it was constitutional. that is a big call. >> this is not a question of policy, which wwuld have been the former case. it was the question of the law. >> that is right. i think the law is quite clear. i think the court did itself a great favor -- >> has the obama administration -- full disclosure, you and the president were in law school -- >> same universe. he was class of 1991. i was '86. >> with your harvard alumni goggles on, trying to understand what motivates this guy. has he and had his team approached dealing with the court in a good way or bad way during the last 3 and a half years. >> i think in a mystifying way. >> a mystifying way? >> in light in his obvious expertise in the law and clear understanding of the state of the decisions. he un-like his republican predecessors has not
, and barack obama she was for it, he was against it. no one for decades suggested it was unconstitutional. that, you know -- you can debate whether it is a good idea or bad idea. whether a congressman should have voted for or against it. but whether it was constitutional. that is a big call. >> this is not a question of policy, which wwuld have been the former case. it was the question of the law. >> that is right. i think the law is quite clear. i think the court did itself a...
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you think of john brennan as president obama is nominee? >> i think as many questions to answer. i think rendition is a documented in this report from a source of great human rights violation. it damaged the reputation of u.s. around the world and coopted as many as 54 governments into torture programs. it is flagrantly illegal and requires a serious examination by the intelligence committee. >> i want to go to a clip of john brennan in 2006 when he appeared on "frontline" on pbs where he was questioned about the bush a ministration counterterrorism policies. >> the war will be a long one. -- the war against terrorism will be a long one. whether the iraq does not play by the queen's very rules. the u.s. has to take off the gloves and i think that is appropriate. i think we do have to take off the gloves in some areas, but in the right time, the right way, and for the right reason. with full understanding of what the consequences of that might be. >> this issue of john brennan's and the u.s. has to take off the gloves given the necessity of
you think of john brennan as president obama is nominee? >> i think as many questions to answer. i think rendition is a documented in this report from a source of great human rights violation. it damaged the reputation of u.s. around the world and coopted as many as 54 governments into torture programs. it is flagrantly illegal and requires a serious examination by the intelligence committee. >> i want to go to a clip of john brennan in 2006 when he appeared on "frontline"...
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for a second term, idealistic obama returns. >> well, what i believe is this, foreign policy is like a hot air balloon. you need the helium of ideal schism-to-get it up and you need the ballast of realism to give it a direction. i that's why i think it's a false dichotomy, you need both. >> rose: we may face sequester, what will it do to america's ability to conduct a wise foreign policy and defense policy? >> i think it will hurt us immensely. clearly in defense there are already questions as to, as i understand it, general dempsey spoke about in in terms of moving an aircraft carrier from one part of the world to another or how we have readiness. in foreign policy i can tell you the foreign policy budget of the united states is something like $50 billion, not that much in the overall comparison. yet it is needed not only to run our'm be sis and pay our ambassadors but also for program is be insfwauns paw eyre policy which other countries behave. foreign policy is about trying to get people to change their behavior and sometimes you need a variety of assistance programs public dip l
for a second term, idealistic obama returns. >> well, what i believe is this, foreign policy is like a hot air balloon. you need the helium of ideal schism-to-get it up and you need the ballast of realism to give it a direction. i that's why i think it's a false dichotomy, you need both. >> rose: we may face sequester, what will it do to america's ability to conduct a wise foreign policy and defense policy? >> i think it will hurt us immensely. clearly in defense there are...
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i think many people have looked to barack obama as a savior. the first black president, spoke out against the war and is now carrying out targeted assassinations and drone attacks. it breaks my heart. but i don't think it is for absent or the absence of historical knowledge. i do hope in the second term we will see much of the knowledge and insight that i think obama had about history and about what it means to try to stand on the right side of history, even when it is difficult. i hope that will come to the floor barbara ransb. >> barbara ransby, author of, "eslanda: the large and unconventional life of mrs. paul robeson." democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]
i think many people have looked to barack obama as a savior. the first black president, spoke out against the war and is now carrying out targeted assassinations and drone attacks. it breaks my heart. but i don't think it is for absent or the absence of historical knowledge. i do hope in the second term we will see much of the knowledge and insight that i think obama had about history and about what it means to try to stand on the right side of history, even when it is difficult. i hope that...
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obama will make a difference this time. i asked him to stop the unconditional support for one side against the other because it does not help us. we will continue to fight each other because of this, so please be objective, the pro-palestine and pro-israel, and the pro- peace 3 >> we set at the top there is talk of the starting a third intifada. do you think that is accurate? >> for many months the situation in palestine is very bad. the behavior of the israeli occupation became more aggressive. arafat jaradat is from my village. it is too much. it is too much the palestinian people have no hope. we cannot continue living under the spur occupation this way without any hope -- under this occupation, this way without anr common enemy, israeli occupation, we must join forces, israelis and palestinians. >> rami elhanan, you lost your daughter as did bassam aramin. do you share his views on this? what would an israeli- palestinian intifada look like? >> i certainly do, with all my heart. i think we both paid the highest price in
obama will make a difference this time. i asked him to stop the unconditional support for one side against the other because it does not help us. we will continue to fight each other because of this, so please be objective, the pro-palestine and pro-israel, and the pro- peace 3 >> we set at the top there is talk of the starting a third intifada. do you think that is accurate? >> for many months the situation in palestine is very bad. the behavior of the israeli occupation became...
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i have -- prime minister netanyahu has been in nine meetings with president obama. i've been present at all of them. i can tell you those meetings are friendly, candid, open. >> right. >> and president obama has said that he has spent more time speaking with prime minister netanyahu than any foreign leader, including this week, they spoke for about an hour. it's a very close relationship. we've had our disagreements. >> right. >> we've had disagreements. but the lit must is mot whether there are -- litmus is not whether there are disagreements. whether you move beyond them on to the peace process and the iranian nuclear programs and the efforts to stop it. you don't see very much difference between us today. >> so the state of israel institutionally and prime minister netanyahu personally take the position that the u.s.'s position on, to be specific, iran, with regard to iran's weapons program, nuclear program, potential nuclear program, you're satisfied that we're doing what we ought to be doing and we're doing enough of it? >> the president has said time and again
i have -- prime minister netanyahu has been in nine meetings with president obama. i've been present at all of them. i can tell you those meetings are friendly, candid, open. >> right. >> and president obama has said that he has spent more time speaking with prime minister netanyahu than any foreign leader, including this week, they spoke for about an hour. it's a very close relationship. we've had our disagreements. >> right. >> we've had disagreements. but the lit must...
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. >> and i say obama care does nothing to attack the core problem which is pricing, which is why obama care was able to pass. >> and the republicans won't like it because i say the only efficient player in this marketplace is medicare. >> rose: it's the only efficient player yet a lot of people look at medicare and say it is the cost element of entitlements that will bankrupt the country. >> well, what's going to bankrupt the country is the continuation of what we have today. medicare, the situation i describe where you know someone pays-- well if you look at the-- the md anderson cancer centre is charging 1.5 for generic aspirin tylenol pill am you can buy them on amazon for 1.5 cents. >> rose: exactly. you can buy it on amazon for 1.5 cents and your hospital marks it up you say here 10,000 percent. >> but not to medicare because medicare is ordered by congress only to pay hospitals for their cost, their actual costs including their overhead and everything else. so medicare takes the position in this particular case that if you are paying 1791 a day for your room at md anderson which
. >> and i say obama care does nothing to attack the core problem which is pricing, which is why obama care was able to pass. >> and the republicans won't like it because i say the only efficient player in this marketplace is medicare. >> rose: it's the only efficient player yet a lot of people look at medicare and say it is the cost element of entitlements that will bankrupt the country. >> well, what's going to bankrupt the country is the continuation of what we have...
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officials in the obama administration have their own concerns. analysts at virginia based firm released a report identifying the people's liberation army. they say members of one unit have attacked more than 140 organizations over the past seven years. they believe the hackers are based in shanghai. state department spokesperson said such attacks are threatening u.s. economic and national security interests. >> we've raised our concern at the highest level about cyber threats from china including the involvement of the military. >> china's defense ministry has dismissed the u.s. allegations as groundless. the state-run news agency quote ad defense ministry spokesperson as saying the military has never been involved in online espionage. he said china is a victim of cyber attacks because the ip addresses are often stolen and misused. many attacks come from the united states but china has never blamed the u.s. >>> people who work for u.s. computer giant apple say hackers hit them too. the attack resembles one of employees of facebook. spokespersons
officials in the obama administration have their own concerns. analysts at virginia based firm released a report identifying the people's liberation army. they say members of one unit have attacked more than 140 organizations over the past seven years. they believe the hackers are based in shanghai. state department spokesperson said such attacks are threatening u.s. economic and national security interests. >> we've raised our concern at the highest level about cyber threats from china...
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abe is set to visit washington later this month to meet with obama in person. >>> obama's new secretary of state gave world leaders a push of his own. john kerry said they need to show they are serious about containing nuclear arms. >> north korea's nuclear weapons and baa billist missile program are a threat now to the united states of america because of what they are pursuing specifically as well as to global security and peace. >> kerry says the international community must react to the test with what he called a swift, clear and strong response. he says he's also concerned about the nuclear program in iran. he says iranian and north korean officials have cooperated on nuclear development. >>> north korea's state-run newspaper is defending the nuclear test saying it has reinforced the country's status as a military and nuclear power. the front page editorial quotes leader kim jong un calling the test legitimate and refers to it as the people's great work. the newspaper claims the nation's nuclear deterrent is capable of destroying enemy strongholds. it says leaders in pyongyang won't
abe is set to visit washington later this month to meet with obama in person. >>> obama's new secretary of state gave world leaders a push of his own. john kerry said they need to show they are serious about containing nuclear arms. >> north korea's nuclear weapons and baa billist missile program are a threat now to the united states of america because of what they are pursuing specifically as well as to global security and peace. >> kerry says the international community...
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obama called for what he called swift and credible action, including new u.n. sanctions. >>> prime minister shinzo abe says the test is a grave threat to japan and is unacceptable. abe says the test is a serious challenge to arms reduction and nuclear nonproliferation. he says they have tried to resolve difference with their counterparts in pyongyang without success. abe is urging north korea to take control over their nuclear and missile programs. a group of north korean represents interests the interests of pyongyang in tokyo. chief cabinet member said if five senior members visit home they will not be allowed to re-enter japan. they are also considering further sanctions. >>> north korean leaders have heard similar criticisms before and they've ignored them. nhk world kangookamoto has more. >> reporter: the work in mid-1980s they built north korea facilities. u.s. japan and others demanded full access to the sites. north korean officials refused. they insisted the program was for peaceful purposes not for obtaining plutonium. the confrontation escalated. >>
obama called for what he called swift and credible action, including new u.n. sanctions. >>> prime minister shinzo abe says the test is a grave threat to japan and is unacceptable. abe says the test is a serious challenge to arms reduction and nuclear nonproliferation. he says they have tried to resolve difference with their counterparts in pyongyang without success. abe is urging north korea to take control over their nuclear and missile programs. a group of north korean represents...
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i get to that because of the success you have had, sitting on the obama commission. it is quite a fascinating journey. how do you look back at that decision at the time when you can barely speak english to study computer science? >> what is taught me is behind every closed door there is new opportunity. it is like every time life shut the door, it closes on me, high end up doing something else, and it is a new world that opens up for me. i learned in my life's journey many times that when something -- when it looks like there is no work -- no road ahead of you, behind that mountain, there is another road. there is always, if you try, you can always find a path. tavis: give me some key markers down the road, a key moments that happened for you that allowed you to get to this place with geomagic, once you left new mexico. >> first, i met an entrepreneur in city ago. i worked for him while i was studying computer science. then, i took a job at bell labs because it was an iconic company. i took a pay cut from the starting job to the bell labs job to pursue innovation and
i get to that because of the success you have had, sitting on the obama commission. it is quite a fascinating journey. how do you look back at that decision at the time when you can barely speak english to study computer science? >> what is taught me is behind every closed door there is new opportunity. it is like every time life shut the door, it closes on me, high end up doing something else, and it is a new world that opens up for me. i learned in my life's journey many times that when...
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bush talked about a freedom agenda, and even though president barack obama suggested that the united states could not tolerate any country that was out to create genocide or mass casualties against its own people, nonetheless, we really don't apply those rules very evenly or very clearly. so we will do a libya but we won't do a syria. you ask someone like me why and the only answer is politics. >> furthermore, the u.s. appetite for intervention, humanitarian, strategic or otherwise has been greatly diminished after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. >> what we're looking at is an environment where the world's policeman for so many decades, getting all of our allies with us, is suddenly just not willing to be the traffic cop on every beat. the american appetite for global intervention is going to decrease. there aren't many americans that want to keep going in afghanistan after 2014. there aren't many americans that are gonna want to go into iraq, even given its importance in terms of global energy and oil. >> in the aftermath of iraq and afghanistan, it's very difficult for me
bush talked about a freedom agenda, and even though president barack obama suggested that the united states could not tolerate any country that was out to create genocide or mass casualties against its own people, nonetheless, we really don't apply those rules very evenly or very clearly. so we will do a libya but we won't do a syria. you ask someone like me why and the only answer is politics. >> furthermore, the u.s. appetite for intervention, humanitarian, strategic or otherwise has...
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the president obama had. and you know, i consider myself a person of the left. and i have left impatience with the pace of change and i am aware that people suffer terribly while they're waiting for change to happen. the most vulnerable people suffer the most terribly. and i'm a gay man and i've been waiting a long time for, you know, fallen franchisement and i'm still not there. but watching this president and reading about that president, i really began to think long and hard about the processes of electoral democracy and the pace of change in an electoral democracy and what's possible, you know. they're not the same people by any means and the situation is not the same. but i think you could say you could argue that barack obama faced in '08 a situation, you know, as bad as any president since the great depression. nothing is as bad as what lincoln arrived in washington to face. the country was literally disintegrating and the navy was staffed by people who were all leaving with their boats for the south. i mean it was a nightmare. but what obama inherited fr
the president obama had. and you know, i consider myself a person of the left. and i have left impatience with the pace of change and i am aware that people suffer terribly while they're waiting for change to happen. the most vulnerable people suffer the most terribly. and i'm a gay man and i've been waiting a long time for, you know, fallen franchisement and i'm still not there. but watching this president and reading about that president, i really began to think long and hard about the...
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. >>> as president obama this week urged congress to prevent massive federal spending cuts from going into effect march 1st, many religious groups argued the so-called sequester would disproportionately impact low-income americans. although social security, medicare and some anti-poverty programs are protected, the groups pointed to likely cuts in programs that provide food and other assistance. they called those cuts unconscionable and immoral. >>> human rights and religious freedom advocates are ramping up pressure on iran to release an iranian-born american christian pastor who was recently sentenced to eight years in prison there. saeed abedini was convicted last month of threatening iran's national security by helping to expand the house church movement. 80 members of the u.s. congress wrote to secretary of state john kerry calling on him to exhaust every possible option to secure abedini's release. >>> we have a special report today on the city in the u.s. that has become nearly as identified with evangelical protestants as rome is with catholics or mecca, with muslims. it is co
. >>> as president obama this week urged congress to prevent massive federal spending cuts from going into effect march 1st, many religious groups argued the so-called sequester would disproportionately impact low-income americans. although social security, medicare and some anti-poverty programs are protected, the groups pointed to likely cuts in programs that provide food and other assistance. they called those cuts unconscionable and immoral. >>> human rights and religious...
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and under the president, i think the president has made very clear that this is a priority for the obama administration. senator kerry did some very good work as a member and chair of the senate foreign relations committee in righting the treatment of women and the need to address abuses and problems. so i'm confident that women and girls will remain a singular essential part of american foreign policy. >> while she was secretary, clinton teamed the state department up with the gallup organization. that to collect hard evidence of the impact of investing in women and girls. clinton hopes it will be a tool for making a persuasive argument for such investments in the future and valuable policy information. >> we have strong evidence that women play roles in all kinds of things, and in particular, in peace-keeping and conflict prevention. they raise issues in these kinds of negotiations, like human rights and human security. that are fundamental to forging a lasting and sustainable peace but we need more internationally comparable data to examine women's contributions affect conflict region
and under the president, i think the president has made very clear that this is a priority for the obama administration. senator kerry did some very good work as a member and chair of the senate foreign relations committee in righting the treatment of women and the need to address abuses and problems. so i'm confident that women and girls will remain a singular essential part of american foreign policy. >> while she was secretary, clinton teamed the state department up with the gallup...
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president obama touted credentials during online video chat. >> chuck hagel, by the way, was a member of the republican caucus, a colleague of all of these folks who mcconnell another's consistently praised when he was still in the senate, who has two purple hearts, was an extraordinary soldier, was the head of the u.s. though and served on the senate foreign relations committee and is praised by people like george h.w. bush's national security adviser and colin powell and others is eminently qualified to be secretary of defense. >> for rain authorities say they're probing the deaths of the teenager and a policeman during mass protests and clashes marking the second anniversary of bahrain's pro-democracy uprising. the 16-year-old boy was reportedly shot by authorities at close range on thursday. in russia, about 40 people were reportedly injured when the meteorite shot across the sky and dropped balls of fire down to earth. video shows the meteorite blazing a brilliant path of light across the sky. mass panic ensued as car alarms went off and windows shattered. authorities said most i
president obama touted credentials during online video chat. >> chuck hagel, by the way, was a member of the republican caucus, a colleague of all of these folks who mcconnell another's consistently praised when he was still in the senate, who has two purple hearts, was an extraordinary soldier, was the head of the u.s. though and served on the senate foreign relations committee and is praised by people like george h.w. bush's national security adviser and colin powell and others is...
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. >> in his state of the union address, president obama urges republicans to support him. he says that people expect the government to put the nation's interest before parties. photographs of a bikini clad duchess of cambridge on holiday are being published in magazines. also in the program, aaron is taking a look at what persia's profits are driving off a cliff. >> $6.7 billion, that is what france's biggest carmaker loss last year. plus europe continues to be bogged down in recession. all of this has the french government up at night as they refuse to allow the company to close factories and cut jobs. ♪ >> it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 1:00 in the afternoon in italy, where the pope received a lengthy ovation at his first appearance after announcing his resignation. he repeated what he told cardinals on monday, that he simply did not have the strength to continue his duties. adam johnson is in the vatican for us and joins us now. quite a moving experience for those present? >> indeed. we are here in rome at the start of a fortnight, the likes of which
. >> in his state of the union address, president obama urges republicans to support him. he says that people expect the government to put the nation's interest before parties. photographs of a bikini clad duchess of cambridge on holiday are being published in magazines. also in the program, aaron is taking a look at what persia's profits are driving off a cliff. >> $6.7 billion, that is what france's biggest carmaker loss last year. plus europe continues to be bogged down in...